Civil Rights in the Texas Borderlands (e-bog) af Will Guzman, Guzman
Will Guzman, Guzman (forfatter)

Civil Rights in the Texas Borderlands e-bog

223,05 DKK (inkl. moms 278,81 DKK)
In 1907, physician Lawrence A. Nixon fled the racial violence of central Texas to settle in the border town of El Paso. There he became a community and civil rights leader. His victories in two Supreme Court decisions paved the way for dismantling all-white political primaries across the South. Will Guzmn delves into Nixon's lifelong struggle against Jim Crow. Linking Nixon's activism to h...
E-bog 223,05 DKK
Forfattere Will Guzman, Guzman (forfatter)
Udgivet 30 januar 2015
Længde 280 sider
Genrer 1KBBSX
Sprog English
Format pdf
Beskyttelse LCP
ISBN 9780252096884
In 1907, physician Lawrence A. Nixon fled the racial violence of central Texas to settle in the border town of El Paso. There he became a community and civil rights leader. His victories in two Supreme Court decisions paved the way for dismantling all-white political primaries across the South. Will Guzmn delves into Nixon's lifelong struggle against Jim Crow. Linking Nixon's activism to his independence from the white economy, support from the NAACP, and the man's own indefatigable courage, Guzmn also sheds light on Nixon's presence in symbolic and literal borderlands--as an educated professional in a time when few went to college, as an African American who made waves when most feared violent reprisal, and as someone living on the mythical American frontier as well as an international boundary. A powerful addition to the literature on African Americans in the Southwest, Civil Rights in the Texas Borderlands explores seldom-studied corners of the Black past and the civil rights movement.